Playoff match
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2nd leg: Nov. 15
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Iran 1, Ireland 0
[Ireland wins 2-1 on aggregate]

1st leg: Nov. 10
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Ireland 2, Iran 0

Asia Qualifying Playoff
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1st leg -- October 25: Iran 1, UAE  0
2nd leg -- October 31: UAE  0, Iran 3

[Iran wins 4-0 on aggregate score]

Note: Group winners qualified for the 2002 World Cup finals in 
Korea/Japan.  Iran won the playoff against the United
Arab Emirates for the right to meet European Group 2 runner-up 
Ireland for a World Cup berth.  Japan and South Korea automatically 
qualified as hosts. 

q-qualified
p-playoff

GROUP A
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                       W   L   T   GF  GA  PTS
                       -   -   -   --  --  ---
q-Saudi Arabia         5   1   2   17   8   17
p-Iran                 4   1   3   10   7   15
Bahrain                2   2   4    8   9   10
Iraq                   2   5   1    9  10    7
Thailand               0   4   4    5  15    4

Results
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Iraq 4, Thailand 0
Saudi Arabia 1, Bahrain 1
Bahrain 2, Iraq 0
Iran 2, Saudi Arabia 0
Saudi Arabia 1, Iraq 0
Thailand 0, Iran 0
Bahrain 1, Thailand 1
Iraq 1, Iran 2
Iran 0, Bahrain 0
Thailand 1, Saudi Arabia 3
Bahrain 0, Saudi Arabia 4
Thailand 1, Iraq 1
Iraq 1, Bahrain 0
Saudi Arabia 2, Iran 2
Iran 1, Thailand 0
Iraq 1, Saudi Arabia 2
Iran 2, Iraq 1
Thailand 0, Bahrain 1
Bahrain 3, Iran 1
Saudi Arabia 4, Thailand 1

GROUP B
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                         W   L   T   GF  GA  PTS
                         -   -   -   --  --  ---
q-China                  6   1   1   13   2   19
p-United Arab Emirates   3   3   2   10  11   11
Uzbekistan               3   4   1   13  14   10
Qatar                    2   3   3   10  10    9
Oman                     1   4   3    7  16    6

Results
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Qatar 0, Oman 0
United Arab Emirates 4, Uzbekistan 1
China 3, UAE 0
Uzbekistan 2, Qatar 1
Oman 0, China 2
UAE 0, Qatar 2
Qatar 1, China 1
Uzbekistan 5, Oman 0
Oman 1, UAE 1
China 2, Uzbekistan 0
Oman 0, Qatar 3
Uzbekistan 0, UAE 1
UAE 0, China 1
Qatar 2, Uzbekistan 2
Qatar 1, UAE 2
China 1, Oman 0
Oman 4, Uzbekistan 2
China 3, Qatar 0
UAE 2, Oman 2
Uzbekistan 1, China 0
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